[CUBE] Radeon 9000 retail?

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-01-14 06:11, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

> On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 09:04  PM, Sean Terrill wrote:
> 
>> Quoth Thubten Kunga (Kunga at FutureMedia.org) at 1/14/03 0:00:
>> 
>>> The core is pulled. You can't put it back in because you can't install it
>>> correctly right? Is there room for it to sit where it belongs. Do you run
>>> your cube on its side with the card side up? Or how?
>> 
>> There's room for the Radeon 9000 to sit where it belongs, yes. It makes
>> contact with the DC/DC board in two spots, so I used electrical tape just to
>> make sure it's insulated. I was running the Cube on its side but I was
>> worried that without the convection cooling it might run hot, so I propped it
>> upright on top of a couple scraps of 2x4.
>
> Thank you. That's exactly what I was trying to understand. I too am worried
> about the convection cooling as I prepare to run the core outside the plastic
> case in order to hook up a DVR-10 to the optical connectors. Good idea. I
> hadn't though of a couple of short 2x4s before. Obvious. Perfect.

Perfect, my foot.

I'd be more worried about "stuff" dropping onto/into the Cube's workings and
shorting something out than about cooling, when running a naked Cube.

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